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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1908)
5 STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON DENSED FORM. THEPRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to hte Read ers Throughout Nebraska. IBM lid POINTERS The Union Pacific yardmnstor's ofllces at Valparaiso wcro burned. A. A. Wilcox died In Oregon and his remains were shipped to Nebraska for burlel at Storllng. Four thousand out of tho 125,000 registered for Tripp county lands will get ICO acres each. Of Into tho weather has been Ideal for corn husking and much of tho crop iins ueon gathered. Mrs. Davidson, formerly of Falls City, has nssumcd tho management or tho Central hotel at Humboldt. uanici Freeman of Gago county, Nebraska's first homesteader, has boon seriously 111, but Is now convnles cing. A man nomcd Hlnklo pleaded guilty to bootlegging at tho old settlers' pic nic In Nomaha county and paid fine and costs amounting to $119. Four horses belonging to ,J. Banks disappeared from tho stock yards at Arlington. No trnco of them has been found and It is believed they were stolen. Hoy Hickman, aged twonty-Bovon yonrs, wns accidentally shot and died t from tho offocts of tho wound an hour later. Ho was hunting when tho ac cident occured. A "freak" Bweot potato grown In Sol Hcrshoy's garden In "West Beatrice is about a foot long and consists of three small potntoos grown about each other as if woven by hand. Tho Burlington road has appealed from tho district court of Ootoo county In tho mutter of a Judgment for $114 In favor of KIchard Clovo ifor tho loss o fcattlo shipped to Chicago. Tho now Y. M. C. A. building at Columbus 1b now nbout comploted, at tho cost of nearly $40,000. A secre tary has been appointed, and the doors will soon open for business. F. F. Prochnskn of Butler county will bo doprived of tho guardianship and euro of his four minor children bocauco ho has bocomo unfit thro.ugh strong drink. A. II. Porter, residing about flvo miles? southeast of Elk Creek, had a span of bay horses stolen from bis bam. Tho thfef nlBO took an old set of harness and a spring wagon. Floyil Harris, tho ojdest son of tho Journal editor at Fails City, whlio feeding tho press, accidentally bad his band caught in tho form and bad ly crushed two fingers. Farmors should all havo telephones, "Wrlto to us and learn how to get tho best service for the least monoy. Ne braska Telephono Company, 18th and Douglas streets, Omaha, "Use tho Boll." A movo has been mndo In Toknmah to establish a poultry slaughtering and dressing house. Stovo Chatt nnd Frank Houston nro Interested parties. New uniforms havo been Issued to company C. N. N. G., at Beatrice. Tho county of Buffalo refuses to abido by tho decision of tho district court which hold that tho county must pay $370, tho cost of a guaranty bond for County Treasuror Gilbert n. Haake. The third burglary in two months occured recently In Oxford when No bel Bros.' s(oro was ontored through i rear window In tho collar. Cash and trado checks to tho amount of about ton dollars wcro taken. A. L. Richardson, a young man, was drowned while hunting near Minden. At Fremont several Italians engaged In a light, durlsg which ono mnn was killed nnd nnothcr so badly Injured that it is thought ho will dlo. Speaker Cannon of tho houso of re presentatives has Just sold $19,000 worth of his Nebraska farm lands and Is offering for salo still othor property ho owns in eastern Nebraska. Tho farm Mr. Cannon has Just sold con tains 700 acros and sold for $70 nn acre. Tho markot prlco for lands of tho snmo class In tho vicinity Is $7G to $80. Tho second disastrous pralrlo flro 'n tho vicinity of Dickens this fall swopt ovor a strip two miles east of there from ono to thrco miles wide and about flvo miles long, destroying several tons of hay, besides tho burn ing off of tho range. The flro was started by sparks from a passing train on tho Burlington. In overhauling tho St. Benedict church at Nebraska City workmon took down tho big cross thereon and oponed tho largo gold ball on tho top of tho samo and In It wns1 a history of tho church, tolling what It cost, who contributed tho funds, tho contractors, what thoy wore paid and how tho church was first Btartod. WGiUo handling a revolver tho other day, John Johnson, employed on tho Henry Otto farm northeast of Plckroll, was shot through the hand. It Is thought no serious results will follow. Ono of tho ovonts that Is being looked forward to by school children of York county, In which a Surprising ly large numbor of boys nnd girls havo entered Is tho corn contost to bo held noxt month, in which mnny.'valunblo prlzos are offered In cooking contosts nnd for production of best ten oars or corn, tho largost yield and prizes ror different varietlos of ororu ralsud by the boys, RESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, exter minator of nature fa kers, enemy of preda tory wealth, world famed huntsman, con queror of San Juan hill and present occupant of tho whlto exccutlvo mansion in Washing ton, has added u now tltlo to his lonir rnln. It Is that Of B.ivior Of the Snlnin Itnnfinvnlt. ti Evormnnn, which In cosmopolitan lingo Im plies Golden Trout. Ho hns saved the Roose velt Golden Trout, a product of tho west, from exinctlon. This rare llsh Is known ns tho most toothsomo morsol which tho finny realm holds forth ns tho trophy of tho rod and reel. Tho IlOOSOVelt Golden Trout In fli n f'ntnnar and showiest species of trout? In tho United amies ana u promises of tho United Stutcs fish commission nro to bo believed, thlw cles will bo nnglcd for In hundreds or streams in tho country within n few yonrs. Somo tlmo ago President Roosovelt Rtlrred tho llsh commission Into action when ho told its members that tho Roosovelt Golden Trout was threatened with extinction. ThO tall minds Of thnt nildist linilv nf nnnn SOt nbOUt to find OUt Whnt thn Ilnnunvnlf nni.i. en Trout was, A pondorous probo doveloped ii. vuh u iihii una mat tnoro wns only ono placo In' tho United States, where It wns to bo found In Volcano creek nn tlin nlntinu nf Mount Whitney, Cal. Several of tho fish were canturod nilvo nn,i put in groat tnnks in Bozoman, Mont., and Leadvlllo. CoL to hatch (l?tTH. Tallin Hinv it as prescribed by tho fish cultural stations. j ust tno other day word camo from thoso stntlons that a sufficient qnnntlty of eggs had been secured to stock streams I n U'lllpli trnnf nro to bo found, In ovcry part of tho United States. Upwards of n million eggs wore propa gated and soon these will bo planted through- uui mo uniioa atntos. Henco In n few venrs tlin ni-nnni.iinv wnnir Walton, who passes his summors nngllng for trout nnd cntching old shoos, tin cans nnd tho like, will occasionally bo rownrdod by fooling tho nlbblo of tho famoil nnnnnvim r.ni,inn Trout nt his hook. If tho llsh nibbles strong onough tho llshorman cunning at his command, for tho finny cronturo ia unu oi uio louguost cuBtomors to land. This rnro fish was nrmmnrlniniv nnmnii m, Roosevelt Golden Trout. It derive.! M becauso of tho chlof executive's strenuous nnd successful efforts to save It frnm nvtinnti,,,. As Ktnted nbovo, tho only placo where it Is to bo found to-day Is In Volcano creek, tho turbu lent waters of which provo a particular attrac tion for tho species and which mako it dlfll cult for tho anglor to land tho fish, becauso of tho latter'n proponslty for winding tho hunts man's lino nround ii rock and sawing It In two Tho streah, which is hard to llnd, Is situated half-way up Mount Whltnoy nnd la 1C miles in longth. It tnkos a guldo of somo Intolligonco to land his patron on its banks nnd in u spot whoro tho Goldon Trout is to'bo found In any quantity. tho Only recent ly Prosidon t R o o b o v o 1 1 lenrncd thnt tho Golden Trout which has beon nlvon nnmo wns In dnngor of exter mination, because It was such n toothsomo bite, and tho pres ident nt once took stops which resulted Inmensurcs of preservntion by tho burcnu of fisheries. President Roose velt hns many friends In Cali fornia nnd it was nbout two yenrs ago that his ncqunlnt nnces there, knowing his in terest In enmo. nnnonloii him to save this flnnv nio:i ture, tho most bonutlful und delicious member of tho llsh trlbo. Presidential proclama tion mndo Mount Whltnoy n govornmcnt forest reservo, which saved It from tho In roads of flshennon. At that tlmo Volcano creek was far removed from human hnbltn tlon and declared to bo nlniost inaccessible to nil but knowing ones. Despite this fnct tho friends of thoso versed In tho forest lore visited Volcnno creek nnd nlded in doplotlng tho stock of Rooscvolt Golden Trout, until tho huo nnd cry wns raised by Cnllfornlnns. Tho president's rcsponso to tho plea in behalf of tho llsh which was subsequently named aftor tho chief executive brought tho mntter to tho attention of tho United Stntcs llsh commission with tho result thnt soon wo may drop a hook nnd lino Into nlmost nny stream of tho country and pull up a Roosovelt Golden irout, tho nncestors of which years bofore thought thomsolvea to bo marooned forever In Volcano creek. It was not nn easy Job for tho fish commis sion to gnther mnny of tho Roosovelt Goldon Trout, for tho llsh possess that wariness which Is common among tho mombors of tho finny world In mountain iitreams. Ilowovor, n highly dovolopod Idea In tho way of n trap, well baltod, drew a sufficient numbor of tho trout into its inner recesses. Tho first stop of tho work having been taken tho rest waii ensy. Tho fish woro transported to Bozoman and Leadvlllo, where they woro allowed to propaguto until great numbers of eggs were In tho hnnds or tho fish commission. Tho Roosovolt Goldon Trout Is ossontlnliy n trout, but Instead of tho conventional gray nnd whlto of tho nvi rago trout In fresh streams nnd lakes, Its sides nro streaked with u bounti ful golden .tint, which imparts a color to tho surrounding wntor and makes tho llsh vlslblo to tho fisherman's oyo from n dlstnnco of scvor nl rods In clear wntor. A mombor of tho United sinto nii M,mmt. - "vwMI4llJ BIOH in BPOnKIIlK Of t lO OffortH In nnvn raro species from extermination spoko ns iuws; TANK'S CONTiMAJC GOLDEN TJ3QUT ATZAPWL2.1L. Cot this rot- "At first it was almost Impossible to gnther nny of theso fish In order to Install thorn In tho culturnl stntloiiB nt Lendvlllo, Col,, and Bozoman, Mont., but finally wo delegated sovernl guides of tho Mount Whltnoy region to go out nnd uso their utmost energies to wurds cnpturlng tho fish. Upon tho promlso or substantial sums thoy did this nnd wo woro nhle to secure soveral bountiful specimens. "Those wo Immodlotoly hustled awny In largo Innks Jn order thnt tho llsh might not dlo nnd thoy wore then placed In Inrgor tanks with water containing chemical preparations nnd allowed to propagate Soon our offorts began to dorivo fruit and now wo havo prob ably tho fincBt outlay of eggs which wo over secured In an effort of this kind. Wo muy bo pardoned for tho especlnl prldo which wo tnko In this work bocuuso It has boon accomplished with bucccsb. I may suy thnt tho rosldonts or California who wcro tho first to mako nppli cation for tho snvlng of this species nro grati fied at (ho means tnkon and thoy havo In many Instances personally thanked President Rooso velt for his efforts In pushing tho crusade." Ruth Tato Brady of Oklahoma Is tho richest girl In tho far west. She Is 12 yours old and hns In her own right nn Incomo or $400 a day, Her mothor wus n hair-blood Chorokoo Indlun. Miss Brndy received 300 acres or public land on tho ullotraont, nnd on this trnct oil wolls hnvo boon doveloped producing dully 2,000 bar rels of oil, WANT MODERN CLOTHES. Traffic In Wlno Proves Dig Industry on Dark Continent. To glvo an idea of tho comparative und tho potential values or tho kaflli trndo in tho districts or Inhumbano, Gaza nnd Lourcnco Murquoz. MuJ. Bald win, tho British ropresontativo at the port of Louronco Mnrquuz, Instances tho consumption or wlno. Ho calculates that last year tho total disbursements ror wine by tho natives n tho districts in question nmountod to a most $2,500,000. Tho selling prlco or tho othor lmportu ror tho knlllr market during 1905 in, at a nio.Iernto estimate, $i,7f,0,000, nnd tho nmouiJt received in native taxba was, for ap proximately tho snmo period, $735,000 In hut taxoB nnd about .$2:15,000 n Jm, migration fees. Tho total disburse I.,r0niMl1,"""t' "wctoro, to more than u.uuv.uuu a yonr. There lire no nccurato stntlstics or tho nntlvo population, but It Is rensonnblo to suppose thnt It Is Increasing nnd to Inror thnt tho nn mini sum uvnllablo for tho purchnso or cloth cutlery, clothing, foreign foodstuffs and othor articles of tho knfllr trndo will not diminish. It must, howovor, bo remembered that tho nn. nunl oxodus nnd return of natives to nnd from tho Trnnovanl Is hnvlng considerable effect ur on their taatos generally and a steady decrenso In tho demand for beads, blankets nnd othor articles manufactured solely for that market may bo expected; on tho other hand, howovor, MnJ. Baldwin thinks a corresponding ncrenso may bo looked ror in tho demand ror improved substitutes for theso nrtlcles, espo clally In tho wny of rondy-mndo clothing, jor soys, caps, hoots nnd cheap finery generally. Retributive Justice. A caso or retributive Justlco, ns far as It goes, Is reported from Paris. An nttondant at tho Andrnl hospltnl, whero physiological nveBtlgatlons nro being made, discovered that a dozon rabbits had been stolon from their hutches. Tho loss or tho rabbits themselves was not it source or troublo to tho authorities, but tho rnct that thoy had boon Inoculated with various germs has had a disturbing ofrect. It Is known that tho rabbits had all been In oculated, nnd sovornl of thorn woro tuberculous or typhoid subjocto. Tho police lost no tlmo In warning tho thieves of tho dangerous nature of their "swag," but nono woro roturnod, ff